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Amateur's Google Maps find in Canada is now a confirmed 390-million-year-old impact crater
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Curtis Deacon
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An amateur astronomer discovered a 15-mile-wide circular formation in Canada using Google Maps, which scientists have now confirmed as a 390-million-year-old meteor impact crater. Researchers verified the site by finding geological evidence such as shatter cones and impact melt rock.
Researchers found shatter cones and impact melt rock, two hallmark signs of an ancient strike.
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